Report: Few Large Employers Have Changed Abortion Coverage Following Dobbs v. Jackson
Only 8% of large employers have reduced or expanded their coverage for abortion after the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, a new report from KFF found.
‘Constitutional Collisions’ Come Back to Haunt Dobbs Decision
Opposing sides are girding for a likely momentous constitutional confrontation.
Unlocking Transparency in PBM Pricing
The TSX Venture Exchange has a strong history of helping early-stage health and life sciences companies raise patient capital for research and development.
New York Signs Law To Protect State Providers Providing Abortion Drug Telemed Services to Out-of-State Patients
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed new legislation that will protect the state's doctors, medical providers and facilitators who prescribe abortion care telehealth services to patients outside of New York from litigation in states where abortion services are banned or restricted.
‘Abortion Trafficking’: Taking a Minor Out of State for an Abortion Is Now a Crime in Idaho:
The law creates a crime of “abortion trafficking” and criminalizes the “recruiting, harboring, or transporting” of minors without parental consent
How Employers Can Help Correct the Reproductive Health Crisis
Following the Dobbs decision, it's vital for employers to support their employees' reproductive rights, executives from Planned Parenthood and Maven Clinic stressed at the HLTH conference in Las Vegas.
Judge Declares Georgia’s Six-week Abortion Ban Unconstitutional
Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County said sections of the Living Infants Fairness and Equality Act passed in 2019 were unconstitutional when drafted and enacted, therefore there is “no legal basis” for the ban which has banned abortion after six weeks.
At ViVE 2024, Panelists Share Prior Authorization Progress and Frustration in Payer Insights Program
At the Payer Insights sessions on Day 1 of ViVE 2024, a panel on prior authorization offered compelling insights from speakers who shared the positive developments in this area after years of mounting frustration. Speakers also shared challenges as they work with providers to figure out how policy developments and technology will work in practice.
Planned Parenthood asks NC court to allow non-physicians to provide medication abortion to meet demand from out-of-state
According to the motion, more than one third of Planned Parenthood South Atlantic’s abortion patients between July 1 and September 30, 2022 came from out of state, totalling 1,317 people. In the same time period last year, just 322 patients came from out of state for abortions.